Dragon Quest IX continues its domination of the Media Create Japanese software chart, selling 270 000 copies in its third week and retaining the number one spot for a third week in a row. The ninth installment in the popular Dragon Quest series has sold an impressive 3.202 million in those three weeks.

Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) for the DS climbs two places to number 2 with 74 000 copies while Wii Sports Resort remains in third place for another week with 74 000 copies, up from last week’s 72 000 copies. Penguin no Mondai: Tenkuu no Senshi, a new game for the DS from Konami, debuts at number 4 with 43 000 copies, the first of four new entries this week.

New entries

Nintendo’s Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji for the DS enters at number 5 with 35 000 copies while Katamari Damacy Tribute for the PS3 is new at number 6 with 28 000 copies. Ketekyoo Hitman Reborn for the DS debuts at number 7 with 28 000 copies.

The PS2 version of Pro Baseball Spirits 6 falls three places to number 8 with 22 000 copies after debuting at number 5 last week. However, it fairs better than the PS3 version of the game which debuted at number 2 last week and falls to number 9 this week with 21 000 copies. Monster Hunter Portable 2G (Best) rounds off the Top 10 at number 10 with 18 000 copies.

Four titles fall out of the Top 10 this week, My Summer Vacation 4 for the PSP drops four places to number 11 and Hatsune Miku: Project Diva, also for the PSP, drops four spots to number 12. Pokemon Platinum for the DS falls five places to number 15 while Ys I & II Chronicles for the PSP falls to number 26 after debuting at number 6 last week.

Looking to next week

Monster Hunter 3 (-Tri) will be launching across Japan tomorrow, the 1st of August, so be sure to check back next week to see how this highly anticipated title does in its opening week. No doubt it will knock Dragon Quest IX out of the top spot and with an initial Japanese shipment of 1 million units, its launch day and opening week sales figures are sure to impress.

The black Wii will also be launching across Japan tomorrow which means that next week’s hardware chart will also be interesting. Expect sales of the Wii console to be fueled by the release of Monster Hunter 3 (-Tri) exclusively on the Wii and by the availability of the black Wii.

If you missed out on last week’s charts, catch up on the software numbers here and the hardware ones here

Software Chart

• Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) – NDS – 270 000
• Friend Collection (Nintendo) – NDS - 74 000
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – Wii – 74 000
• Penguin no Mondai: Tenkuu no Senshi (Konami) – NDS – 43 000 (New)
• Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (Nintendo) – NDS – 35 000 (New)
• Katamari Damacy Tribute (Namco Bandai) – PS3 - 28 000 (New)
• Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble X - Mirai Chou-Bakuhatsu!! (Takara Tomy) – NDS – 28 000 (New)
• Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami) – PS2 – 22 000
• Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami) – PS3 – 21 000
• Monster Hunter Portable 2G (Best) (Capcom) – PSP – 18 000

Source: Media Create